Hmmm…. my take is rather opposite…Arthur wants to rev his engine…a symbol for trying to regain the drive he had in his youth…Lillian knows what it means… and is usually a willing participant in his….er…experiments…Right now she’s just being coy…playing hard to get.But it’s actually a challenge…. he hides behind his book so she won’t see the gleam in his eye.

She will giggle and run….but she can only get so far….she’s well aware that he knows where she lives.

It’ll slow down in here again very soon….And I’ll talk to the little guys and ask them to check on one another…they’re very social anyway.That’s what makes them good at this.Then I can get some sleep too.

I’m having my bit of chocolate now (weight is down to 118 now before breakfast) Even with the doctor’s permission, I forgot last night. As I go upstairs, I’m only thinking about my man. He is NOT such a gear head, tho’ he is proud of his various rides. His next one will be another Lincoln like his favs; currently has a Caddie which he hates and can’t wait to get rid of it. To me, a car is something to get me places, and I even wear the keyings that some jerk gave me proudly. He takes very good care of his rides and I’m glad that we share most interests.

He likes to gamble a little time to time but only high stakes and will stop if he gets a few bad hands or wins a little. I watch him play, and don’t even need to see his hands; I know him so well. We also shared many trips to the gun ranges in the day and are both good shots; I’m not good at skeets, tho’.

Susan, I liked your story tonight. I think that Arthur wants to rev his engine, but he is afraid that his sparks won’t catch and he’ll sputter. Maybe if they work together they can get his engine purring.But I doubt it.

Well the leather IS a thought, as his rides have always had leather seats, but the smell of a parking garage brings back more memories as it could be a last brief stop before we both returned to teen aged kids. In this photo (around that time) one of my sons is seated almost cut off with us in the living room.